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Jim Shearer and Friends • Secret Frets

Jim Shearer Secret FretsBack in the 1990s a group of guys played in a Django devoted string group with an unusual instrumentation. Where an unpright bass might be expected they featured Jim Shearer on tuba.

The band played under several names around the southwest and laid down some tracks for an album that never came to fruition. Flash forward to 2017 and the group has revisited those recordings and with the benefit of modern studio wizardry completed their album under the name Jim Shearer and Friends with Strings.

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November 2026

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